4/21/10

Wordless Wednesday? Good, I'll try not to be wordy.

I was THRILLED when I stumbled upon an amazing blog by another kindergarten teacher the other day.

I read with great envy about a cool Earth Day project his kids had completed, and like MOST teachers, I "borrowed" his idea, and thought I'd try it myself.

Here's his project:

and here's MINE.

I'd like to just clarify that I had NO PARAPROFESSIONAL that day (She'll pay for being sick-Show and Tell on her OWN tomorrow), and no parent volunteer. I was the only adult in the room (and sometimes THAT'S debatable) while there were six centers going on.

By the end of the 60 minute frantic rotation of centers, the boys had colored all of the letters with a PATTERN (well, kind of) and try as I might I wasn't sure if I could still make out where the land ended and the water began. (I also had to use the art teacher's special eraser to erase all the little hearts that Jimmy had drawn all around the BIG heart. sigh.)

However, if you stand BACK and SQUINT, our project looks exactly the same as Mr. Jones's.

Your class's effort is the clear winner!! Cut open cardboard box??? They couldn't even tape all the seams to keep it from flopping over! Their earth, waaay too uniform in color. Your kids gave the world some dimension! And the ultimate reason?? Your's looks like it was done by children with imagination. Their's is just boring!

Ok people, 'Mr. Jones' here - the teacher of the first one... gotta say - first of all, no competition here, just sayin'. I'm glad you borrowed the idea that I found online - not sure I've had a single creative idea myself ever. Secondly, not sure if I'm missing something or not, but I think yours looks just as good as mine. The only real difference I see is that you used paper and I used an old box. Really - what's the big diff, am I missing something here?

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I am a teacher, a writer, and the mother of three children. I've decided I'll never give up. No matter how many battles I lose; no matter how many tears I shed; no matter how many martinis I have to drink, I will continue to fight the good fight! I love to laugh, believe that every day is a new day, and thank God each morning that I am still here.